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Chapter 499: Exchange - Golden Component [Sky Scales Mastery Ring]
Chapter 499: Exchange - Golden Component [Sky Scales Mastery Ring]
Song Chi turned around, and his gaze met the cold eyes behind him.
Without much thought, he nodded.
"I need a component for my ship, but it seems like it's not available in the store!"
Hearing his words, White Brow's tone remained calm, but to Song Chi, it sounded like heavenly music.
"If you're in urgent need, I should be able to get a few drops. Do you need essence blood or source blood?"
Hearing the first two sentences, Song Chi was overjoyed, but gradually, this joy turned into astonishment.
Essence blood and source blood of a Twelfth Rank Angelic Overlord?
What's going on? Is there an abundance of rich ladies in the Bright Light Star Tower? Despite his astonishment, Song Chi didn't show it and quickly replied,
"No need, ordinary Twelfth Rank Angel blood will do. There's no need for essence or source blood."
"Okay, just wait a moment."
After saying this, White Brow turned and walked towards the login stone platform, soon disappearing into the star tower.
Filled with anticipation, Song Chi's gaze returned to the star tower marketplace.
In a short time, the star tower AI had already provided the purchase prices for all the components.
[According to the assessment, the total value of all the components you have offered is 32,120 points, including three silver-grade components worth 9,000 points and 24 red-grade components...]
[Do you confirm to exchange all for marketplace points?]
"Confirmed!"
At the same time, his personal account was credited with the corresponding marketplace points, and Song Chi glanced at it.
[Bright Light Order Token 32 'Vernal Equinox': {Current account balance: 0 Bright Light Chaos Monument comprehension attempts, 55,600 marketplace points.}]
"Fifty-five thousand points..."
He withdrew his gaze and looked back at the marketplace item panel.
After a targeted search, a silver-grade component appeared before Song Chi.
Hyper Contraction Plate lv0
Quality: Silver
Attribute: Scaling factor increased threefold
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This was a silver-grade scaling component, also to be used when the New Moon Matriarch makes her move. Its exchange value was 5,000 marketplace points, and Song Chi directly exchanged for it.
Seeing that he still had fifty thousand points, his gaze shifted to a few golden-grade Holy Domain components in the marketplace.
Serpent Demonic Petrification Cannon lv0
Quality: Gold
Attribute: Petrification Ray
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Exchange Price: 25,000 Marketplace Points
Boulder Hull Armor lv0
Quality: Gold
Attribute: Boulder Guardian
Attribute 2: Defense increased by 140%
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Exchange Price: 28,000 Marketplace Points
Sky Scales Mastery Ring lv0
Quality: Gold
Attribute: Long-distance Telepathic Communication
Attribute 2: Size Manipulation
Attribute 3: Doubled Enslavement Seal
Attribute 4: Occupies 1 fixed slot
Attribute 5: Enhanced Enslavement Authority I
Consumption: 20,000/use (Ether Points)
Enslavement Seal: 2/2 (1x2)
Effect: Can enslave lifeforms with a life level not exceeding 1 rank, completely under the control of the Flame Heritage Battleship captain. (Note: The weaker the will to resist of the enslaved, the higher the enslavement success rate, and vice versa.)
Upgrade Requirements: 40 strands of Floating Land Essence (0-rank), 4000 Ether Points
{Long-distance Telepathic Communication: Ignores shielding, distance, and other factors, allowing free telepathic communication between the captain of the component-equipped warship and the enslaved lifeform.}
{Size Manipulation: The enslaved lifeform can freely change its size, and its combat power will decrease proportionally when reduced in size. When enlarged, its combat power will increase proportionally. (Size reduction is unlimited, and size increase depends on the physical strength of the enslaved lifeform. The stronger the physical power, the higher the magnification factor, and vice versa.)}
{Enhanced Enslavement Authority I: This component is empowered by the Sky Scales, allowing it to enslave lifeforms of the same rank.}
Exchange Price: 40,000 Marketplace Points
Scanning through these three golden-grade components, Song Chi's gaze, as expected, rested on the Sky Scales Mastery Ring.
This component was an enslavement-type component, and logically, Song Chi should not have been very interested in it.
Currently, he only had a few Sixth Rank enslaved lifeforms, and the Enslavement Medal and Mother-Son Spirit Control Ring were more than sufficient.
The reason for his interest lay in the component's attributes.
First was the 'Size Manipulation' attribute. Although the Enslavement Medal also had this attribute, there was a significant difference. The Enslavement Medal had 'Size Manipulation (Small)', which only had the size reduction effect without the combat power increase.
This subtle difference made the value of the two attributes vastly different.
At the Sixth Rank, every bit of increase in combat power could potentially determine the outcome of a battle, let alone the boost from a golden-grade Holy Domain component, which was likely to be substantial.
Of course, the most crucial attribute was 'Enhanced Enslavement Authority I'. Song Chi guessed that this enslavement component was priced at 40,000 points due to this attribute.
Despite the price being comparable to two ordinary gold-grade components, this was the reason it hadn't been redeemed until now.
He remembered the words of the Old Ancestor, who once said that once one reaches the level of a Sovereign, even at the lowest rank of the seventh-rank, with the blessing of their True Spirit-level divine soul, to successfully enslave a being, the enslavement component must be strengthened by at least one whole rank.
In other words, to enslave a seventh-rank being, one must have an eighth-rank gold-grade enslavement component.
After becoming a Battleship Captain, Song Chi's understanding of True Spirit resources had long surpassed his initial comprehension. He was all too aware of the scarcity of True Spirit resources.
Even with the Celestial Marketplace and the Divine Kingdom Player Trading Space, two money-making powerhouses, and the continuous flow of serendipitous encounters over the past two centuries, the Sovereign True Spirits he had dealt with could only barely strengthen one component to the eighth rank.
But if he were to do so, why would he bother strengthening an enslavement component? This was where the value of the "Enhanced Enslavement Authority I" trait came into play.
With this trait, he only needed to strengthen it to level 70 to attempt the enslavement of a seventh-rank being from the Star Sea, requiring just one Sovereign True Spirit, an incredibly cost-effective option.
Furthermore, once the Heaven Ruin Skydome is promoted to a Star-Annihilating Battleship, strengthening the Sky Scales Mastery Ring to the eighth rank would allow him to enslave eighth-rank beings, an incredibly enticing prospect.
Additionally, there was another crucial point: why was the Enslavement Medal, a red-grade component, considered one of the most practical components on the Heaven Ruin Skydome? It was due to its "Enslavement Seal·Rage" trait, but the limitations of the Enslavement Medal itself prevented the enslaved beings' frenzy strength from breaking through the seventh rank.
However, what if this trait were transferred to the Sky Scales Mastery Ring component? Don't forget that the Celestial Marketplace's Oddity Origin Modification Platform can extract component traits for improvement.
After considering this, Song Chi didn't hesitate and spent 40,000 points to redeem the Sky Scales Mastery Ring component.
This left him with only 10,600 points in his account.
With this amount of store points, he could still redeem a few silver-grade components, so Song Chi's gaze remained fixed on the store panel.
However, after a thorough search, he couldn't find any suitable silver-grade components and had to turn to Titan Crystals.
The Bright Light Star Tower also had restrictions on the redemption of Titan Crystals, with a maximum of 5,000 redeemable every 10 years. With the accumulation over 50 years, Song Chi spent a total of 2,500 store points to redeem 25,000 Titan Crystals.
At this moment, there was movement from behind at the star tower's login platform. Turning around, he saw White Brow logging in again, but this time, it wasn't a projection; it was his real body, and he was holding a white jade bottle in his hand.
As expected, it should contain the seventh-rank Angelic Blood.
Song Chi left the store window and quickly logged in after gesturing to White Brow.
When he logged in again, he had switched from a projection login to a real body login.
Although projection login can connect to the Flame Seed Nucleus, the nucleus space can only store Star Sea Oddities and Floating Land Essences, and it is not possible to trade Angelic Blood.
It was only now that Song Chi carefully observed White Brow, but only in a casual glance, not a blatant stare.
That wouldn't be polite.
Upon closer inspection, this was indeed the first time he had seen White Brow's true form, and he was naturally curious.
"Colder than Pan Ying..."
This was the first thought that popped into Song Chi's mind, and he quickly dismissed it.
When he took the white jade bottle from White Brow's hand, he was slightly surprised.
"Ten drops?"
"Yeah, if you need more later, just mention it in the group chat."
Song Chi didn't refuse, as the Angelic Sovereign's Wing was a gold-grade component, and he would need a lot of seventh-rank Angelic Blood to strengthen it to the eighth rank in the future.
However, at Song Chi's insistence, White Brow still accepted 1,000 store points. After all, it was a Sovereign-rank Angelic Blood, and perhaps White Brow didn't mind, but Song Chi had to give it.
The first time was out of the sentiment of being a member of the Star Tower, but he would still need it in the future, and he might even need eighth-rank Angelic Sovereign Blood. Trading was a more suitable method.
After finishing these tasks, the two left the Star Tower one after the other.
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Celestial Marketplace, Free Stalls Area.
Upon returning to the marketplace, Song Chi immediately summoned the Heaven Ruin Skydome.
In the command bridge, the strengthening of the Angelic Sovereign's Wing component had begun.
With a Sovereign True Spirit, a strand of seventh-rank Floating Land Essence, and a drop of seventh-rank Twelve-Winged Angelic Blood, this gold-grade Holy Domain component was successfully strengthened to level 70.
As a result, the Holy Light Shield it derived also reached the seventh rank, with performance and shield value equivalent to the Yin-Yang Offset Annihilation Shield.
The only difference is that it lacks the ability to respond.
Furthermore, the "Angel Wing Teleportation" and "Angelic Sovereign True Spirit Guard" traits of the Heaven Ruin Skydome have been significantly enhanced, further increasing its combat capabilities.
After enhancing this component, Song Chi's gaze shifted to the two remaining uninstalled components in his hand.
[Sky Scales Mastery Ring] [Hyper Contraction Plate]
At this point, he only had one remaining Sovereign Spirit.
The one used to enhance the Angelic Sovereign's Wing was set aside earlier as a backup, while this one was obtained again from the fragments of the Chasing Life Immortal's memories during the past fifty years.
As for which component to enhance, he was somewhat torn.
After a moment of thought, Song Chi ruled out the [Sky Scales Mastery Ring] component.
This component's primary function is to enslave Sovereign Spirits, but there is no immediate need for it at the moment.
In comparison, the fourth trait of the [Hyper Contraction Plate], "Hyper Contraction," could play a significant role in future joint operations with the New Moon Matriarch.
It could even be effective when the family takes action against the Black Devouring Beast, making it a crucial factor.
With this in mind, Song Chi installed the [Hyper Contraction Plate] component and enhanced it all the way to level 70.
Hyper Contraction Plate Level 70
Quality: Silver
Trait: Scaling Boost increased threefold
Trait 2: Spirit Homogeneity
Trait 3: Can simultaneously contract one hundred units
Trait 4: Hyper Contraction
Consumption: 40,000/use (Ether Points)
Charging Time: 5s; Buffer: 5 minutes
Effect: Super-contracts a designated unit, with a current maximum contraction ratio of 9,000 (3,000 x 3) times.
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Note: This component occupies 4 slot positions
{Spirit Homogeneity: It can also be effective on life units that do not resist.}
{Hyper Contraction: Consumes 200,000 Ether Points, forcibly contracting a designated unit within a 10 million kilometer range, reducing its size by 10 times and decreasing its combat power by 40% (Note: The life stage of the unit cannot be higher than the enhancement stage of this component), lasting for 180s with a fixed cooldown of 720 hours.}
A tenfold reduction in size and a 40% decrease in combat power is still a significant effect.
Although the duration is only three minutes, if used at the right moment, the impact can be enormous.
After enhancing this component, Song Chi's gaze finally fell upon the [Sky Scales Mastery Ring] component.
Undoubtedly, this component has the greatest potential.
Of course, if the "Enslavement Seal·Rage" trait were to be improved and added to it, the effect would undoubtedly skyrocket.
Imagine a sixth-rank enslaved creature under the "Enslavement Seal·Rage" trait, burning its life force to temporarily gain the power of a Sovereign.
It would undoubtedly be a formidable weapon.
Wasting no time, Song Chi first transferred all the enslaved creatures from the [Enslavement Medal] component to the [Mother-Son Spirit Control Ring], and then used the "South-Pointing Needle·Origin" trait to harmlessly decompose them to their initial state at level 0.
After completing this step, the [Enslavement Medal] was uninstalled.
Carrying the [Enslavement Medal] and the yet-to-be-installed [Sky Scales Mastery Ring], Song Chi left the battleship and made his way to the [Oddity Origin Modification Platform] located on the side of the Celestial Marketplace.
He retrieved an orange oddity and twenty red oddities from the Oddity Exchange Shop.
Through a series of operations, the twenty-one oddities were transformed into one portion of orange oddity essence and twenty portions of red oddity essence.
Subsequently, Song Chi used the portion of orange oddity essence and the second function of the [Oddity Origin Modification Platform] to extract the "Enslavement Seal·Rage" trait from the [Enslavement Medal], which was one quality level higher, and turned it into a trait line.
But that's not all. Immediately afterward, he invested all twenty portions of red oddity essence into the modification platform in one go, using the fourth function of the [Oddity Origin Modification Platform] to merge them into two portions of silver oddity essence.
With this, the preliminary work was essentially complete.
The next step was to return to the [Oddity Origin Modification Platform]. This time, Song Chi placed the [Sky Scales Mastery Ring] component on the modification platform and then added a portion of silver oddity essence.
Using this oddity essence, he extracted the fourth trait of the [Sky Scales Mastery Ring], "Occupies 1 Slot Position," and also turned it into a trait line.
As this trait was extracted, it was evident that the attributes of the [Sky Scales Mastery Ring] component underwent a change.
The most noticeable change was the addition of a note.
Note: This component occupies 5 slot positions
Song Chi didn't mind this, as the Celestial Ruin Skydome still had plenty of vacant special slot positions, and this "Occupies 1 Slot Position" trait line could be kept for future use if slot positions became insufficient.
The final step of this modification process is about to begin! !
(End of Chapter)
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